Veteran actor's arrival will see his character pose a threat to criminals Trevor Royle and Grace Black

The Kumars at No.42 actor Vincent Ebrahim will be joining BAFTA-winning Hollyoaks as 'Big Bob'

We know him as the lovable, thrifty dad in The Kumars at No. 42 but actor Vincent Ebrahim will be pure evil in his new Hollyoaks role.

Ebrahim will make his debut on the Channel 4 soap in August and fans of the award-winning soap can expect fireworks.

He will play villain 'Big Bob' and his arrival will see him pose a threat to criminals Trevor Royle (actor Greg Wood) and Grace Black (played by Tamara Wall) .

The terrible two are trying to get their lives back on track in the soap but, in an exciting new storyline, it turns out that rogue Trevor owes Big Bob money - and Big Bob won't stop until Trevor has paid his debt.

South African-born Ebrahim, 63, is best known for playing the finance-obsessed Ashwin in the BBC sitcom about the the Kumar family.